Lister at Glasgow Royal Infirmary
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Lister at Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: 26 Aug 2013
Almost hidden from public view, behind the mobile MRI scanner unit. Joseph Lister was born in Upton Essex and became a professor of surgery at "The Royal" in 1860. Responsible for the new surgery block, Lister noted that about half of his patients died from sepsis. He experimented to find ways to prevent sepsis, experimentation which lead to his using carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to clean instruments and hands before and after surgery. These experiments were influenced by Louis Pasteur's paper on rotting and fermentation caused by micro-organisms. Lister's methods were picked up around the world and as a result is considered "the father of modern antisepsis".
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